Democrat Township, Carroll County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°28′03″N 86°31′32″W / 40.46750°N 86.52556°W / 40.46750; -86.52556CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyCarrollGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total29.72 sq mi (77.0 km²) • Land29.72 sq mi (77.0 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Elevation

^[1]

741 ft (226 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,025 • Density34/sq mi (13/km²)FIPS code18-17686^[3]GNIS feature ID453263

Democrat Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,025 (up from 885 at 2010^[4]) and it contained 353 housing units.

History

Democrat Township was organized in 1835.^[5]

Adams Mill and Adams Mill Covered Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.72 square miles (77.0 km²), all land.^[4]

Unincorporated towns

Adams Mill
Cutler
Lexington
Prince William
Ray

Adjacent townships

Monroe (north)
Burlington (east)
Warren Township, Clinton County (southeast)
Owen Township, Clinton County (south)
Ross Township, Clinton County (southwest)
Clay (west)
Madison (west)

Major highways

Indiana State Road 75

Education

Democrat Township residents may obtain a library card at the Flora-Monroe Township Public Library in Flora.^[7]

References

"Democrat Township, Carroll County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Democrat Township, Carroll County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
^ Odell, John Curtis (1916). History of Carroll County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 83.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Libraries". Carroll County, IN. Archived from the original on March 4, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2018.